Name details

Boulder Lake

Boulder Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Boulder Lake  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1218

Feature type: Water body

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A frozen lake, about 2.5 km south of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills. The lake is situated under an overhang of plateau ice, with rock boulders marking the eastern and western shores. Named because of the boulders by the 1986-87 ANARE Field Party.

Named For

descriptive as rock boulders mark the eastern and western shores of the lake

Location

Latitude:
69° 24' 39.2" S
-69.41089°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 23' 34.8" E
76.39300°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
87 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Adam Christensen 2009
Catalogue id
IA21754
Caption
Boulder Lake, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Christensen, Adam

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Lars25K
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Nov-1987

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